Comments by "Dan" (@Dan-di9jd) on "Mom Gets Death Threats for Method of Teaching Kids to Float" video.

While I don't remember, my mother taught me to swim in a similar fashion. I remember as a toddler I had swim lessons all the time. It's not really cruel because going in the water without knowing how to swim is much worse especially for a toddler. Today I'm very thankful for that because I can swim very well and not scared of the water at all. I actually swam several miles for a event and it was very fun. I only learned to swim as a kid and ever since just swam for fun without any sort of instructor. Never had a drowning scare or anything and there were several times surfing I would be under water thrown around and never once panicked. I feel like when this baby grows up, even if he never hit the pool again in his life, he would instinctively know how to stay afloat.
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Totally agreed. The mother is right there and would hold the baby up if he went under. If that child fell in the pool, you'd thank god every day when you find him just chilling in the water whereas how many parents find their child in a very tragic situation that's otherwise completely preventable with programs like this. It used to be mandatory in some countries that schools have swimming programs. I think other than this private school I went to, I don't recall any school requiring me to swim or if it was even an option.
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